With a noble concubine in charge of the affairs of the six palaces, Zhang Lingyang finally doesn't have to worry about harem affairs.

The next day, Zhang Lingyang held a joint meeting of the military cabinet and the cabinet in Jinguyuan, a northern suburb of Luoyang City.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's take a look at the information about the countries of Europa that Dongchang has sorted out these days!"

Zhang Lingyang motioned to Xiao Fuzi to send the information sorted out by Dongchang to the ministers.

Originally, it was supposed to be Jinyiwei who was responsible for collecting intelligence, but why did it suddenly become Dongchang?

This has to mention the matter of Zhang Lingyang's decree to castrate European prisoners of war a few years ago.

Jin Yiwei's ability in intelligence work is indeed strong, but the only thing is that Jin Yiwei is a citizen of Da Zhou from top to bottom.

The people of the Great Zhou Dynasty are different from the European peoples in terms of skin color, language, and living habits, and it is even more difficult to think of obtaining useful information than to ascend to the sky.

On the contrary, on the side of Dongchang, a lot of personnel have been developed among the castrated European prisoners of war, and after strict training, collecting intelligence in Europe will naturally have an advantage over Jinyiwei.

Seeing that everyone finished reading it, Zhang Lingyang said: "In terms of navy, the number of warships of the Europa countries is five times that of the Great Zhou, and the combat experience is much richer than that of my Great Zhou, so I still adhere to the previous view, march from Central Asia to West Asia, and finally start a decisive battle with the Europa countries in the two river basins. ”

"But Your Majesty!" Ma Jinzhong was a little worried, "The countries of Europa are united, and their strength is twice that of our army, and in terms of the coordination of artillery and muskets, they also have an advantage over our army, this war is a little difficult to fight!" ”

"It's up to you generals to do what you generals' abilities!" Zhang Lingyang chuckled lightly and said: "The countries of Europa do have an advantage over our army in terms of artillery and musket skills, but at the tactical and strategic level, they may not necessarily have an advantage!" ”

"Your Majesty is right!" Sun Dingzong supported, "The armies of the countries of Europa are indeed twice the size of our army, and the combination of muskets and artillery is indeed beyond the reach of our army at present.

There is one thing that our army cannot compare with the countries of Europa, and that is the unity of the army!

You may see the figure of 600,000, and you are all frightened.

But I would like to say that although the Europa coalition army had 600,000 troops, these 600,000 troops came from no less than 20 countries, including England, France, Austria, Rus', Franco, and the Netherlands.

With the armies of so many countries, it is inevitable that there will be problems in command and dispatch.

What's more critical is that France and England, as the two hegemons of Europa, who is the boss and who is the second, I am afraid that it will be better for a while.

Furthermore, even if one of the two countries overpowers the other, will the other country's military willingly obey the command of the other? Will he disobey the yang and the yin?

There are other countries, in order to preserve their strength, will they not contribute to the work?

All of this is very likely to happen.

So from this point of view, our army has the advantage. ”

After a pause, Sun Dingzong continued: "War, no matter what era it is, is in the final analysis a confrontation between people.

We fought for command and tactics, but in the end, it was the perseverance of the most grassroots soldiers that we fought in the end.

See who is not afraid of death, and see who dares to fight for their lives.

In this regard, our army has an absolute advantage. ”

Listening to Sun Dingzong's gushing speech, Zhang Lingyang agreed.

Especially when it comes to the last point.

With blazing eyes scanning back and forth over Sun Dingzong and Ma Jinzhong, Zhang Lingyang opened his mouth and said: "Sun Dingzong, Ma Jinzhong, I will give you an army of 300,000 people, and I will try my best to satisfy you with all the food and grass materials you need."

As for how and when you will fight, I don't ask.

I have only one request for you, and that is to win this war, and to completely hurt the countries of Europa, so that they will not be able to recover within ten years!

Can you do it? ”

"Wechen will not fail in his mission!" Ma Jinzhong and Sun Dingzong assured.

"That's good!" Zhang Lingyang bowed his head lightly, turned to look at Han Liang, the commander of the navy, "The army is fighting here, and your navy should not be idle."

I give you half a year, and within half a year, your navy must take the English colony of Australia, understand? ”

"Wechen obeys!"

Australia is a vast and sparsely populated country, and it is also a place where English prisoners are distributed, and the British army there is extremely weak in combat.

In addition, Australia is extremely far away from the English mainland, and it is simply unrealistic for England to send a large army to Australia at this time.

Therefore, Han Liang is very confident that he will win Australia in half a year.

Of course, the half-year time stipulated by Zhang Lingyang naturally includes the sailing time at sea.

After talking about the military deployment, the next thing is naturally to talk about the problem of logistics supply.

Looking at Zhu Kaishan, the head of the household department, Zhang Lingyang asked: "Zhu Kaishan, to ensure the rations of the 300,000 army for at least one year, is there any pressure on the household department?" ”

Zhu Kaishan replied: "Your Majesty, the household department has sent people to the Nanyang area to purchase more than one million stone of rice, and plans to purchase it again in Nanyang in three months, which is enough to guarantee the rations of the soldiers. ”

"What about shipping? Have you thought about it? Zhang Lingyang asked again.

"That's how the minister planned it!" Zhu Kaishan said, "Wechen plans to wait for the rice in the Nanyang region to be purchased, and then use sea ships to transport the rice to Kolkata in Tianzhu."

Then 200,000 cattle and horses were seconded from Warat to transport grain and grass from Calcutta to Yuz in Central Asia, which saved at least 2,000 miles of travel compared with transporting grain and grass from Dazhou. ”

"Tianzhu and the north and the border with Central Asia are all mountains and rivers, and the transportation is very inconvenient, have you considered this?" Zhang Lingyang asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, it is to consider this, and it is more cost-effective to transport grain and grass from Tianzhu than through the Great Zhou." Zhu Kaishan replied.

Zhang Lingyang didn't ask Zhu Kaishan any more, but turned to look at Feng Xi, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's palm seal, "Feng Xi, what about the Firearms Division, are the weapons and ammunition sufficient?" ”

"Long live the Lord rest assured!" Feng Xi replied, "In the past few years, the arsenals in various places have been working day and night, and they have hoarded enough troops for more than half a year.

In addition, as a result of the expansion, the firearms divisions throughout the country combined will be able to produce 50,000 muskets, 600 artillery pieces, more than 200,000 shells, more than 3 million rounds of ammunition, more than 100,000 grenades, and more than 50,000 mines every month......

After listening, Zhang Lingyang looked at Zheng Yongji, the first assistant of the cabinet: "Once the war starts, the logistical pressure will be very great, especially in the area of people, the imperial court will recruit at least 500,000 people, will it have an impact on the basic production and construction of major projects in various places?" ”

"The impact is still a little bit!" Zheng Yongji replied, "But the impact is negligible, I have more than 10,000 people in my big five, and more than 10,000 young and strong."

The Cabinet had previously made an estimate that as long as the scale of the war was less than 2 million people, it would basically not affect the production and construction of various places. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Lingyang was relieved.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Lingyang got up with a solemn face, glanced at the crowd, and said solemnly: "This war is related to the international status of my Great Zhou in the world, so this battle can only be won, not defeated."

In addition, I plan to build a cemetery in Beibi Mountain, but those who have sacrificed their lives for the country, or those who have made meritorious contributions, will be counted there after their deaths, and I will bring hundreds of officials of the court and Chinese military to pay tribute to them during the New Year's holidays.

At the same time, I also told the soldiers that they don't have to worry about their families. After they die in battle, my parents, wives and children, I will raise them for them, and the court will raise them for them......"

"Thank Your Majesty for the grace of your majesty!"

As soon as Zhang Lingyang's words fell, Ma Jinzhong and Sun Dingzong knelt down with a moved face, and solemnly thanked Zhang Lingyang again and again......